For as long as I can remember, stuffed animals have been a part of my "safety net". I never left for a sleepover, summer camp or a vacation without my favorite stuffed animal. I can remember walking to the drugstore when I was six with my mother's mother and instantly falling in love with her. My mother was bringing home a new baby brother, and I ( Read more... )

I've spent the last two weeks looking at houses. I am in the process of moving, and had a specific idea of what I wanted me home to look like in mind. I'd looked at homes posted by realtors and were very disappointed. The previous owners were rarely "good tenants" and had left their home in complete disrepair and neglect. The yard was overrun with ( Read more... )